Helmut Lang and LD Tuttle Do Game of Thrones-Inspired Shoes

True Blood is not the only HBO show inspiring a line that debuts next month: Game of Thrones, too, influenced a collection. While the vampire saga is getting its due via Deborah Lippmann nail lacquers and DL & Co. fragrances at HSN, Game of Thrones' look has been interpreted into a shoe capsule.

Helmut Lang and LD Tuttle teamed up for the collaboration, drawing on the epic fantasy's rangers of the Night's Watch—a rugged band of men in all black, charged with guarding a haunted forest. While black does dominate the collection—it covers three of the line's five knee-high and ankle boot styles—Tuttle also wove in stretch suede, stingray, and prints inspired by the mystical forest's flora and fauna. "I strove to design footwear for the Helmut Lang collection that was powerful but understated, allowing the materials to create beautiful shapes on their own," explained LD Tuttle designer Tiffany Tuttle.

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